2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 71 - MENTAL ILLNESS
71.09 Sexually violent predators.
71.09.341 Transition facilities—Authority of department—Effect of local regulations.
RCW 71.09.341 Transition facilities—Authority of department—Effect of local regulations.
The minimum requirements set out in RCW 71.09.285 through 71.09.340 are minimum requirements to be applied by the department. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent a city or county from adopting development regulations, as defined in RCW 36.70A.030, unless the proposed regulation imposes requirements more restrictive than those specifically addressed in RCW 71.09.285 through 71.09.340. Regulations that impose requirements more restrictive than those specifically addressed in these sections are void. Nothing in these sections prevents the department from adding requirements to enhance public safety.
[ 2002 c 68 § 7.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Severability—Effective date—2002 c 68: See notes following RCW 36.70A.200.
